Safety Al Afalava had just started to see significant playing time for the Titans when he sprained an ankle. It happened in the team’s Nov. 4 game against Chicago on the day he got a season-high 36 snaps. Afalava returned to the practice field this week, so it will be interesting to see how much […]

Kamerion Wimbley looks like he’s getting much more comfortable at defensive end these days. In his six previous NFL seasons before signing with the Titans, Wimbley had played more as a 3-4 outside linebacker, so there was some transition necessary when he made the move to 4-3 defensive end. Wimbley, who’d been signed to bolster […]

Titans coach Mike Munchak doesn’t plan on a double whammy. He said he has no plans to shake things up on the defensive side of the football after firing offensive coordinator Chris Palmer on Monday night. Defensive coordinator Jerry Gray’s unit is ranked 29th in total defense and 31st in scoring. “I am not planning […]

Titans coach Mike Munchak didn’t rule out the possibility of safety Jordan Babineaux remaining in the starting lineup for this Sunday’s game against the Texans, but he didn’t guarantee it either. Babineaux has started each of the last nine games, but he was benched for a large portion of the second half of the loss […]

Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray isn’t looking for heroes on his defense. He saw exactly what he had been looking for in the most recent outing, a 37-3 victory over the Dolphins before the bye week. “Our guys just went out and did their job,” Gray said on Thursday. “They didn’t try and do anything […]

Titans offensive coordinator Chris Palmer got some company in the coaching booth last Sunday: defensive coordinator Jerry Gray. Gray is expected to spend the rest of the season there after coaching the first eight weeks of the season on the sideline, coach Mike Munchak said Wednesday. “We’d talked about it, and he came in last […]

When times were tough for his unit last season, Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray could always point to a bottom-line stat: points allowed. He hasn’t been able to do that this year. The Titans are surrendering a league-worst 34 points per game, which is more than a 70 percent increase over the 2011 season-ending figure […]

Titans safety Al Afalava saw his most extensive action of the season in Sunday’s win over Buffalo, as he was on the field for 18 of Tennessee’s 61 defensive snaps. Defensive coordinator Jerry Gray benched starting safety Jordan Babineaux for part of the second half after he missed some tackles (Babineaux was on the field […]

Defensive end Derrick Morgan is tied for the team lead with two sacks, and leads all Titans in quarterback pressures with six. He also has 30 tackles. Defensive coordinator Jerry Gray said Morgan has played better than stats might show. “He has done a tremendous job,” Gray said. “A lot of times you don’t get […]

MINNEAPOLIS NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell attended the Vikings-Titans game, but did not meet with Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray, according to an NFL spokesman. On Friday the league said it planned to investigate Gray’s controversial comments about wanting his players to be more physical without regard for potential fines. Share on FacebookPosted In: League News, […]